The appointment of new directors to the boards of the ABC and SBS has proven to be inexplicably and distressingly slow.
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SBS’s “ad islands” are an inconvenient truth for Senator Conroy
If Senator Conroy sticks to his guns and directs SBS to drop the in-program ads (the so-called “ad islands”) SBS could be the loser, dropping millions of dollars a year, writes Glenn Dyer.
Tips and rumours
Contrary Mary? It’s a shame that today’s media reports on SBS focus on the Mary and Stan fall-out. To be honest, Mary can be hard work at the best of times. A newsroom functions because of team work and it shouldn’t just be about the newsreader, she’s one of a team and should act like […]
Gerald Stone and the death of Mary Kostakidis
Plenty of publicity today about the position of SBS newsreader, Mary Kostakidis with a report in The Australian saying she is going to sue. And there has been plenty of comment as well about those responsible for this situation happening, writes Glenn Dyer.
A Wesfarmers-Coles deal is still the best bet
The overwhelming view among them is that the Coles Wesfarmers deal is by far the best option, and quite possibly the only way forward for Coles. Despite what commentators say, writes Rob Lake.
Justice Spender: Why Haneef got his visa back
Justice Jeffrey Spender, awarding victory today to Dr Mohamed Haneef in his fight to have his 457 visa reinstated, concludes:
Justice Jeffrey Spender, awarding victory today to Dr Mohamed Haneef in his fight to have his 457 visa reinstated, concludes: “In my opinion … the test which the Minister applied was not the test called for by s 501(6)(b). As the result of this misconception as to what the exercise of the statutory power entailed, there was a purported, but not a real exercise of the power conferred by s 501(3).”
